Muses of a Madman

Working on a Ford Pines dating sim based on a fanfiction by @starsifter, art by @oliverthedectective

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Demo Release!

Happy Valentine's Day Ya'll! Demo is up on itch.io! It's available on pc and web browser.

Muses of a Madman by StarSifter

A Ford Pines dating sim.

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He's breaking containment...

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As we're working towards releasing chapter one; I the artist you should bow down to in thanks (kidding) have been updating the Ford Sprites in our game.

Currently I am hoping to fix and update the illustrations and the kitchen background. However, only time will tell.

New:

Old:

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As the demo has officially been released; we've thought it would be fun to release the characters we used to play through the different personality options of the game.

Ghost and Oliver by: @oliverthedectective (Yes, I indeed stole my Oc's name. It was too good of a name to not have tbh) (Ask me more about my Oc's if you dare I can and will go on for days)

Wolf and Jax by: @starsifter

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what devices will the game be compatible with and will NOT be compatible with

The demo will be released on itch.io, there will be a web-browser version and a windows version for download as, at the moment, we've only beta tested a windows version of the demo. However, later on there may be releases for android and ios devices/mac depending on demand, etc. - Fang

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7 days until the Demo Release of MoaM!

Art by @oliverthedectective

Anyone looking for these vibes from a Ford dating sim should check out the demo when it's released on Valentine's day!

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As the demo is soon to be released; we've decided to answer any questions others may have about it.

This blog is run by two people:

For any questions concerning the game development or its concept just ask the question towards Fang.

For any questions regarding the art or editing of the game's script in particular just pose the questions to Oliver/Ghost.

If you don't have anyone in particular to ask then leave that section blank and we'll respond as soon as someone's available.

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The official demo of Muses of a Madman will be released on February 14th 2025. You know what that means... ;)

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Mayhaps, you'd all like a sneak peak at all the files drawn for the Muses Of A Madman vn?

No? Too bad here it is anyway.

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Meet the Team!

(art by @oliverthedectective )

L: Fang: Lead & Concept (or whatever), Director, Main Writer

R: Oliver: Artist (Main+Background), Editor

L: Crystal_959: OST Composer

R: Emi: Beta Tester

Nikel: The bug who crawled into the server (Beta Tester)

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An illustration of The Muses Of A Madman by @starsifter for the upcoming Visual Novel. >:)

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WEREPECKER MY BELOVED :D

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Muses Of A Madman Visual Novel Promotional material.

Ford laying on a backdrop of papers filled with some of the character sprites used within in the game.

All art done by @oliverthedectective

Link to Fanfic by @starsifter

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Soz for the unsolicited advice(?) but can/will you give the player some weirdo freak dialogue options in your Stanford dating sim? 🥺 So many of them just assume the player would know literally nothing at all about urban legends and folklore, but one of the sole reasons I'm into him is because I've always loved those things! It's not a real problem if you don't, I'll still play it either way lol

I think we do have some options that fall along these lines. I'll definitely take this into consideration moving forward though. Thanks for the ask! And don't worry about unsolicited advice or whatever, feedback is always a good thing in my book.

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Hey your fanfic is really cool! it's really comforting to read as a transmasc compsci student! I was logging into ao3 everyday to see if it updated lol. Really excited for the visual novel!! Hope it all goes well! <3<3<3

Tysm! I'm excited for the visual novel too. Working on it has been really fun!

Also the vn server and I jokingly called you the canon reader when we read this ask lmao.

Also here's a crossover pic with a stantastic time because me and the server played it recently.

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An illustration of The Muses Of A Madman by @starsifter for the upcoming Visual Novel. >:)

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WEREPECKER MY BELOVED :D

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Alright. I'll bite.

What's the thing you're looking forward to coming to fruition the most?

What's been the most enjoyable part of the process for you?

Hello perfect stranger I do not know who is definitely not working on this vn with me (*cough*)

The thing I'm looking forward to coming to fruition the most is definitely the plans we've got for Bill because idk- I love that kind of psychological horror ya know? And having the reader in the midst of it is gonna be so much fun.

The most enjoyable part of the process has definitely been coding. I know it's frustrating as hell but the frustration makes it more satisfying in a way.